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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme (19 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: 491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided as requested by a company (details supplied) in County Limerick to address health and safety issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26335/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (19 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: 579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the financial supports available to members of local authorities to carry out their role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26336/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (19 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: 609. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding schemes available for museums for annual running costs and once off grant aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26334/18]

United States Immigration Policy: Motion (20 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: I am sharing time with Deputy O'Loughlin and Deputy Lisa Chambers. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to allow us to speak on this important matter. Fianna Fáil has sought and secured support from almost all of our colleagues on our motion condemning the US policy of removing children from their immigrant parents. Such a policy is, in my view and that of my party,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (20 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of his Department's interaction with the four member international oversight body established under the Fresh Start agreement to monitor paramilitaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26959/18]

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second time." I am very pleased that the Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017 is being discussed today on Second Stage under Private Members' business. This Bill will greatly enhance consumer protections and rights in the unregulated area of the sale of gift vouchers and their terms and conditions, and enhance transparency in this regard. It is...

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: I thank the Minister of State for his comments and Deputy Quinlivan for his support. We are all on the same page and want to reach the same end point in terms of consumer protection. The amount of money that is spent on gift cards and vouchers is considerable. Ironically, the people who are most vulnerable to the inadequacies of the law in the unregulated sector are children, who are...

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: It is partnered with An Post, which is a commercial semi-State body. Its model is one to which the unregulated sector should aspire. That the money involved is held in a third party escrow account is a positive and comforting factor for people who engage with that entity, which is regulated under the EU's e-money directive. I thank Deputy Quinlivan, the Sinn Féin Party, the Minister of...

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: Yes.

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (21 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Christian Aid Tax Report: Discussion (21 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: The Department initiated the exercise and carried out the report itself and the witnesses have commented on it. How did the Department react to the expert analysis offered by the witnesses and what dialogue has it had with the witnesses since? What did the Department have to say about the main criticisms in the report produced by the witnesses? Is their report gaining any traction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Christian Aid Tax Report: Discussion (21 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: Could Mr. McCaughey expand on the criticism of BEPS? That is the first base of defence when the country comes under attack for being a tax haven. The Government or the Department of Finance will always point to the BEPS project.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Current Political Situation in Cuba: Mr. Fernando Gonzáles Llort (21 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: I have to step out. Will Mr. González Llort give us an overview of the levels of trade, if any, between Ireland and Cuba and the number of Cuban nationals living in Ireland? What are the ties between our two countries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Current Political Situation in Cuba: Mr. Fernando Gonzáles Llort (21 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: Is there any significant trade at the moment?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (26 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reasoning for the decision of the Irish mission in the United Nations to offer save the date to all of the UN ambassadors for a concert (details supplied) in New York in July 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27777/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (26 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: 88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a promotional video being prepared by his Department outlining the pathway to securing a seat on the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27778/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Strategic Communications Unit (26 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: 89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the former head of the strategic communications unit is now deployed to his Department; if so, the role he will play; the person he will report to; and if will make a statement on the matter. [27779/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (26 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees invoiced and the amount paid to a person and or a company (details supplied) since the commencement of the liquidation of IBRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27986/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Reports (26 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: 503. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a person (details supplied) will report on the alleged failures of Tusla in its handling of an alleged case of neglect and abuse of a number of children in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27474/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (27 Jun 2018)

Niall Collins: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to establish an embassy or a consulate in Kuwait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28267/18]